This I can't understand. Someone who keeps a sidearm on him legally with a concealed carry permit in an area with a high crime rate = firearm obsession?

Yes, that equals firearm obsession, as well as all the hysteria surrounding the ownership of firearms (and any possible measures to control firearm abuse in the U.S.A.).
Why is there such a high crime rate? Does the rampant ownership and lack of control of firearms have something to do with that? Why are there concealed carry permits for (questionable) civilians? Why is there such a need to own firearms in the U.S.A.?

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I don't know if George Zimmerman is telling the truth or not. But if he is, and he didn't have his gun on him, Travon Martin could be the one sitting in the defendants chair for the murder of Zimmerman.

Or, if he didn't have his gun on him and left Travon Martin alone, there wouldn't be a trial at all. Nor a dead person.

Yes, that equals firearm obsession, as well as all the hysteria surrounding the ownership of firearms (and any possible measures to control firearm abuse in the U.S.A.).
Why is there such a high crime rate? Does the rampant ownership and lack of control of firearms have something to do with that? Why are there concealed carry permits for (questionable) civilians? Why is there such a need to own firearms in the U.S.A.?

Only caveat to this is that the overall crime rate in the US isn't that awful, and indeed we are at historic lows not seen since the 1960s.

It's US deaths by firearms that are incredibly out of wack from every other developed nation on earth.

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Or, if he didn't have his gun on him and left Travon Martin alone, there wouldn't be a trial at all. Nor a dead person.

It's indeed possible that Zimmerman is the one yelling for help and that he felt his life was in danger.

But if he had stayed in the car -- something he might have done had he not been carrying a concealed weapon -- Trayvon would likely be alive today.

And this is what gun control advocates are often talking about -- the mere presence if a gun anywhere (home or otherwise) increases the likelihood that someone will be killed by the firearm, by accident or otherwise.

Have you heard about how many people have been shot and killed
in Chicago the past week?

Where's the media and the attention on these tragic events?

Had he been white, Zimmerman's "suspicious person" alarm likely would not have gone off. And he would have stayed in the car like he was told.

Chicago is more evidence of the casual racism we see in the Trayvon case. Firstly, it is news, at least in conservative media because they're out to demonize all things Chicago. But aside from that, there's likely the soft bigotry of low expectations when it comes to urban violence.